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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
8. Library The master of the house used to spend many hours here before his descent into madness. Red velvet drapes cover the windows of this room. An exquisite mahogany desk and a matching high-back
Spells
Player’s Handbook
six months, such as a book from a wizard’s library.
“Very familiar” is a place you have visited often, a place you have carefully studied, or a place you can see when you cast the
destination in a random direction. Roll 1d8 for the direction: 1, east; 2, southeast; 3, south; 4, southwest; 5, west; 6, northwest; 7, north; or 8, northeast.
On Target. You and your group (or the target object) appear where you intended.
Monsters
Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn
, Prestidigitation
2/Day Each: Animate Dead, Plane Shift
1/Day Each: Cone of Cold (level 8 version), Finger of Death, Power Word Kill, ScryingProtective Magic. Valindra casts Counterspell or Shield in response
or regret, but to hide the powers she has since gained as an Undead creature.Valindra Shadowmantle’s Lair
Valindra lairs within a sprawling, ruined library in the Shadowfell. After several
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Basic Rules (2014)
Wizard’s apprentice
8
Scribe
FEATURE: RESEARCHER
When you attempt to learn or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you
can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in
Backgrounds
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide
of knowledge.
The most well known of Faerûn’s fonts of knowledge is Candlekeep. The great library is always in need of workers and attendants, some of whom rise through the ranks to
: LIBRARY ACCESS
Though others must often endure extensive interviews and significant fees to gain access to even the most common archives in your library, you have free and easy access to the
Backgrounds
Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
Specialty
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Alchemist
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Astronomer
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Discredited academic
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Librarian
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Professor
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Researcher
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Wizard’s apprentice
8
Scribe
FEATURE
library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in an almost inaccessible place, or that it simply cannot
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
leave the Dimir and join this guild, but there is no escaping the Dimir.
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I chose this guild at random or on a lark.
Dimir Guild Spells
Prerequisite: Spellcasting or Pact Magic class
people’s nightmares.
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Combat is meant to be quick, clean, and one-sided.
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I like to stick to the shadows.
8
I never show my anger. I just plot my revenge.
Ideals
Backgrounds
Tomb of Annihilation
Shovel
3
Hat
7
Sledgehammer
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Hooded lantern
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Whip
FEATURE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE
When you enter a ruin or dungeon, you can correctly ascertain its
me nervous.
7
I might fail, but I will never give up.
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You might think I’m a scholar, but I love a good brawl. These fists were made for punching.
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Ideal
1
Backgrounds
Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica
library, a university, or an independent scholar or other learned person or creature. Knowing where the information can be found doesn’t automatically enable you to learn it; you might need to
adaptations of life.
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I can’t resist prying into anything forbidden, since it must be terribly interesting.
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I employ a highly technical vocabulary to avoid imprecision and ambiguity
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
16. Attic Hall This bare hall is choked with dust and cobwebs. Locked Door The door to area 20 is held shut with a padlock. Its key is kept in the library (area 8), but the lock can also be picked with thieves’ tools and a successful DC 15 Dexterity check.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
36. Wizards’ Library This 10-foot-high chamber contains rows of 8-foot-tall wooden bookshelves packed with hundreds of arcane textbooks and dusty spellbooks. The spellbooks contain virtually all
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
oppresses majority Ruler’s Status d20 Ruler 1–5 Respected, fair, and just 6–8 Feared tyrant 9 Weakling manipulated by others 10 Illegitimate ruler, simmering civil war 11 Ruled or controlled by a
Major trade center 8 Headquarters of a powerful family or guild 9 Population mostly wealthy 10 Destitute, rundown 11 Awful smell (tanneries, open sewers) 12 Center of trade for one specific good 13
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
comes within a day’s travel of the library can make a DC 15 Intelligence check to find the passage leading to Gravenhollow. If its check fails, it can try again after 8 hours of searching and
communing with the rock itself. His mystical connection to the Underdark allows him to find the safest, shortest route to the stone library.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron
relationships and in learning. Can you earn a professor’s trust? Can you get unrestricted access to the library stacks? Can you impress that mysterious stranger? At the DM’s discretion, accomplishing
these sorts of side goals can provide concrete benefits. A wizard who has access to the library may be able to swap one of their known spells at start of each session. As a simple reward, a character
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
Sites d8 Adventure Site
1 A hidden floor of the royal library
2 The ninth basement beneath a family home that seems normal from the outside
3 A decrepit manor, empty save for staff
manned by paladins, all of whom removed their own tongues
7 A sewage system that predates the city above
8 A thin chapel in the woods, whose bells rings without ceasing
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
only by solving the planetarium puzzle. From inside area M13, however, the door is plainly visible. M13. The Chained Library To reach this room, the characters must solve the telescope puzzle in area
chained library. The reading desk is used to support the chained books while they are being read. This chained library has been enchanted to be jealously possessive of its contents. It attacks any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
magic academy is actually a cult leader who is indoctrinating the students into a cult of Sul Khatesh. 3 A wizard found mad scrawlings hidden in a library book, used the writing to make contact with a
organized crime activities to bizarre murders and acts of chaos. 8 A respected noble behaves more erratically as time goes on, treating their servants and family with random and escalating cruelty.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
M7. Oracular Library This magnificent hall is lined with stone bookshelves housing a library of leather-bound tomes. Three elderly, bespectacled goblins climb ladders to fetch books for three slender
, cloaked figures who are reading while seated in overstuffed armchairs.
The three goblins (neutral) are unarmed noncombatants who keep this library clean and organized. The cloaked figures seated
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
inhabitants surrender a particular volume from their library. 3 Investigating strange lights and sounds emanating from a crypt in the dead of night reveals the Emerald Claw experimenting on the corpses
, the characters discover that Emerald Claw agents are looking for the same thing and seem to have access to information the adventurers lack. 8 A large force of Emerald Claw knights offers the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, M (a drop of honey)
Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours
You suggest a
library peacefully, and don’t return.” The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for the duration or until you or your allies deal damage to the target. The Charmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
reveals them, which can happen in one of two ways: The characters find Strahd’s letter in the secret room behind the library (area 9). The characters find the replica secret door in the attic of the
. Rooms are 8 feet tall and supported by thick wooden posts with crossbeams. The only exception is area 38, which has a 16-foot-high ceiling supported by stone pillars. Characters without darkvision
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Out of the Abyss
Echoes Gravenhollow “remembers” all who have walked its halls, as well as those who will visit the library in the future. As the characters explore the library, apparitions constantly flicker in and
prefer to be left alone. Echoes appear so often that the characters find one every time they go looking for any information in the library. Use the Echoes in Gravenhollow table to determine who the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, M (a drop of honey)
Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours
You suggest a
library peacefully, and don’t return.” The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or have the Charmed condition for the duration or until you or your allies deal damage to the target. The Charmed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Uni and the Hunt for the Lost Horn
Suggestion Level 2 Enchantment (Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock, Wizard) Casting Time: Action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, M (a drop of honey)
Duration: Concentration, up to 8 hours
You suggest a
obviously deal damage to the target or it allies. For example, you could say, “Fetch the key to the cult’s treasure vault, and give the key to me.” Or you could say, “Stop fighting, leave this library
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
in the table below. d8 Specialty
1 Alchemist
2 Astronomer
3 Discredited academic
4 Librarian
5 Professor
6 Researcher
7 Wizard’s apprentice
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comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage or other learned person or creature. Your DM might rule that the knowledge you seek is secreted away in an almost inaccessible place, or that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player's Handbook (2014)
in the table below. d8 Specialty 1 Alchemist 2 Astronomer 3 Discredited academic 4 Librarian 5 Professor 6 Researcher 7 Wizard’s apprentice 8 Scribe Feature: Researcher When you attempt to learn
or recall a piece of lore, if you do not know that information, you often know where and from whom you can obtain it. Usually, this information comes from a library, scriptorium, university, or a sage
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Hunters (see below) 7 Two cyclopes—a mother and her adult son—live in a library, burning its books for warmth. 8 Patrol (see below) Bridge Checkpoint Three sivak draconians (see appendix B) stand guard on
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Astarion's Book of Hungers
logokrons.
Many speaker devils are loyal to the archdevil Mephistopheles. These devils record the secrets they uncover in Mephistar, Mephistopheles’s vast library in Cania. While greedy to uncover
+10
Wis 18 +4 +8
Cha 17 +3 +7
Skills Arcana +10, History +10, Perception +8
Resistances Cold
Immunities Fire, Poison; Poisoned
Senses Darkvision 120 ft. (unimpeded by magical
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Fizban's Treasury of Dragons
“noxious metal”
7 A collection of gem-encrusted pitchers, decanters, and goblets; the dragon will not consume faerie nectar unless it is served in one of these items
8 A vast bookshelf full of
dream journals written by creatures the dragon has befriended over the years; the dragon has each entry illustrated by a different celebrated artist, making the library one of the largest art collections in the world
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Heroes’ Feast: Saving the Children’s Menu
(Stealth) check. 2: Library This is the only room on the ground floor that is still intact. The ceiling is 8 feet high. This room was Arthur Holrow’s office and laboratory. Inside is a desk with scattered
. The interior walls are mostly demolished, though a few remain.
The only room that still stands is in the southwest corner; it can be entered by a single door. This room is Arthur’s library (area 2
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
twice on the Tavern Name Generator table) 16–17 Warehouse (roll once on the Warehouse table) 18–20 Shop (roll once on the Shop table) Residence d20 Type 1–2 Abandoned squat 3–8 Middle-class home
neutral deity 11–12 Temple to a false deity (run by charlatan priests) 13 Home of ascetics 14–15 Abandoned shrine 16–17 Library dedicated to religious study 18–20 Hidden shrine to a fiend or an evil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Eberron: Rising from the Last War
artificers finish making the item. 2 Petition the ranking artificer for access to the workshop’s specialized library. 3 Use the workshop to create a crucial magic item. 4 Locate a stolen construct that has
Defend the workshop against an invasion while the artificers try to repair a magic item. 8 Bring an unknown artifact to the workshop so the artificers can identify it. 9 Convince the owners of the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
engraved on a recessed circular seal.
The geometric symbols are 6 inches across, 1 foot apart, and set into stone disks 8 inches in diameter. Hidden behind the seals are five keyholes that conform in
against the contagion spell. The hag reveals the following information (and nothing more) once an agreement is reached: “Hidden on this level of the dungeon is a library of lost lore, guarded by an
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
adventurer is the key to finally attaining their desire.
7 The Darklord immediately looks up to an adventurer and seeks to emulate them to grim extremes.
8 An adventurer is a reincarnated younger
the adventurers at a ceremony, funeral, or wedding where violence is discouraged.
5 The Darklord meets the adventurers at a public market, festival, temple, or library, surrounded by a crowd of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mythic Odysseys of Theros
than one piece
8 Floating in an unstable parallel reality
(SAM BURLEY) Abandoned Temple Adventures An abandoned temple might contain records, special items, and humanoid remains, any
guardian.
6 Consult with a hermit who lives in the temple.
7 Stop cultists from performing a destructive ritual in the temple.
8 Restore the temple to receive the patron deity’s blessing